Distribution of Lutzomyia ayacuchensis, the vector of Andean-type cutaneous leishmaniasis, at different altitudes on the Andean slope of Ecuador

Acta Tropica

Volumn 137, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-122

  Gomez, Eduardo A ^a   Kato, Hirotomo ^b   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^c   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SANTIAGO DE GUAYAQUIL   (Ecuador)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e Programa Prometeo   (Ecuador)

^f KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Andean slope; Ecuador; Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana; Lutzomyia ayacuchensis; Phlebotomine sand fly

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; RISK FACTOR; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I GENE; ECUADOR; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; INSECT GENETICS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA AYACUCHENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; SEA LEVEL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PSYCHODIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

ECUADOR;

ALLELES; ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECUADOR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84902008932     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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